Letters (correspondence)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 94 Collections and/or Records:
Newark United Nations Day Scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk UN-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The earliest scrapbook (1958-1967) includes clippings and other printed material, including dinner and conference programs, flyers, press releases, newsletters, correspondence, invitations, and a few photographs related to the programs, events, and outreach work of the AAUN of Newark.The remaining 5 scrapbooks (1967, 1969, 1971-1973) focus solely on United Nations Week in Newark. These volumes contain clippings, press releases, memos, correspondence, programs, menus, recipes, and...
Dates:
1958 - 1973
Consumers League of New Jersey Records
Collection
Identifier: MG CLNJ-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
Organized in 16 boxes : Box #1. Index of the files, description of the files presented to Rutgers University Library, the League publications, leaflets about "Minimum Wage," "Migratory Labor," and "Child Labor," files labeled as "Food Marketing Consumer Action," "Consumers Assembly (1977)," "N.J. Consumers Conference (1967-1968)," and "Mary Dyckman Reminiscences" ; Box #2. Files labeled as "Consumer Credit (1963-1976)" ;Box #3. Files labeled as "Child...
Dates:
1938 - 1982
Peter Shapiro Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Shapiro-(Offsite)
Scope and Contents
The collection consists largely of material documenting Peter Shapiro's political career and interests, both in Essex County and statewide. References to Newark or to political activity and issues affecting Newark, are scattered throughout the collection. Contents are as follows:Box 1: photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles, mostly documenting Shapiro's campaigns and accomplishments in office, arranged chronologically,1975-1982 Box 2: photocopies of newspaper...
Dates:
1975 - 1986
Philip Fava Scrapbook
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MG Fava-(Main)
Scope and Contents
The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, and scorecards related to Fava and the various athletic teams on which he played in high school, college, and as an adult; newspaper clippings related to the engagement and marriage of Fava and Angie Frederici; and family photographs.
Dates:
c. 1913-1936
Rachlin and Company Records
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Rachlin
Abstract
This collection contains records from the offices of Rachlin & Co., a Newark real estate company (prev. Union Building Company, Alfred Greenfield & Co.)
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1904 - 1973
R.C. Jenkinson Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Jenkinson-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The collection includes some examples of books and pamphlets from Jenkinson's collection, as well as correspondence, manuscript material, photographs, and clippings. Some items relate to other family members, in particular Jenkinson's wife Emily and his granddaughter, Margaret B. Skillman. Box 1: contains two books, Abraham Lincoln, by John G. Nicolay (1902) and Narratives of Newark, by David L. Pierson (1917). Among the many pamphlets in Box 1, the following relate to Newark:...
Dates:
1892 - 1930
Robert Curvin Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Curvin-(Main)
Abstract
This collection consists of papers of historian Robert Curvin.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1954-2015, some copies of earlier material
Roy E. Norris Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Norris-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the material in the collection relates to Norris's work for the New Jersey Urban League, including his advocacy in the fields of race relations, employment opportunities for minorities, fair employment standards, vocational workshops, job training, etc. Contents include his resume (ca. 1949); lists, created by his wife, of material in the collection (1987); addresses by Norris regarding his work for the Urban League, including "The Negro Worker in the White Collar Fields," "The...
Dates:
1932 - 1952
Samuel Berg Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Berg -(Offsite)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 15 boxes, 12 are archival cartons, 3 are flat boxes.Series 1 contains correspondence. The first subseries is Sam Berg's correspondence by date, followed by specific files Berg kept on specific correspondants. The remainder of Series 1 contains correspondence by Ethel and Mote, as well as unsigned letters and letters not involving any family member. The correspondence series makes up a powerful story of the lives of the three siblings. There are many...
Dates:
1898 - 1993